here are the BATCHELOR surnames (naturalizations) i have from the ECPN 1825-1906: BATCHELOR. F. W. - born 1828, emmigrated 1855; England; certificate of naturalization 7 Jan 1873; residence Franklin Township; sponsor Cghauncey MARBLE (3872) BATCHELOR, James M. - born 1834; emmigrated 1855; England; cert 30 Sept 1876; US Army Vol, hon discharged 6 June 1865 Philadelphia; sponsor A. H. BOWERS (3205) BATCHELOR, William - born 1850; em 1857; England; cert 26 Sept 1876; resident Franklin Township 9 yrs.; sp James M. BATCHELOR (4519)

I have recently discovered that there were TWO Abraham Emersons living in Erie County, PA at the same time. The families are as follows: Children of Abraham & Apama (Emes) Emerson: John C. Cordelia Puduthan Julia Jane Ansil Versel Lorenzo (also found as Abraham Lorenzo) Levi Perry H. Children of Abraham & Eliza Emerson: Abraham Robert Emmaline Mary William L. Charles H. Josiah I have information on both families, including census records, if anyone is interested. Linda Emerson Twain Harte, CA

Is anyone on the list planning a trip to the Erie County Public Library? If so, please contact me. I understand there is a reference book on the Evergreen Cemetery (Union City) and I would like to have a name checked. Thanks... Linda Emerson Twain Harte, CA (one hour north of Yosemite, for those who have asked)

You have done such a great job on the photos. Really appreciate them. I grew up in Knox, Clarion Co., PA, and have fond memories of our family making trips to shop in Erie and then out to the lake to picnic and swim. I am sure my dad has some photos, but he still lives in Knox and does not have a scanner and I am out here in Hays, KS with a scanner and no pictures except for what I sent you of Albion. Just wanted to let you know I appreciate this Erie site and all the hard work all of you have put into it. While growing up I only knew of my mother being raised in Albion. Had no idea I had Erie City & Erie Co. roots. Lines I have so far: Magill from Ireland to Erie, Kennedy from Ireland to Erie, Thorn/Thorne from NY to Erie, Chase & Wescott from NH, Mass, & NY to Washington Twp., Webb from Clarion Co. & m. to Benson & McClure in Waterford and Buzza families related to me from Cornwall, Eng. to Erie Co. Again, thank you to all of you. This is the best group. Betty Macdonald [email protected]

I have also been busy, although Mike did most of the work Saturday evening. He did push some of it off to me and I updated the Faces of Erie County page, and added a few links to the Links page. There are about 8 new pages that Barb Seyler has sent in and I will work on those Sunday and let everyone know about them. One link I added was to a separate project called Migrations. There is a page for Erie County where anyone can post information about the migration path of your ancestors. I need to look into it some more but it seems to supplement our site nicely. Bill Klauk Co-Coordinator, Erie County (PA) Genealogy, PAGenWeb/USGenWeb

Hi Folks! I spent a couple of hours tonight uploading the final 17 chapters of Bates History of Erie County! Once again a special thanks to Gaylene for all her time and hard work....my fingers ache just thinking of all the typing she did to accomplish this!! We are very fortunate to have this valuable resource online!! If you find it useful, please take a moment and thank Gaylene. I also noticed that she has been busy tonight uploading more biographies from the book into the BIOGRAPHY section online. There are now over 425 searchable biographies on the site! (PLUS almost 400 Obituaries are listed too!) AWESOME! Mike Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero Check out the Erie County Genealogy page! http://www.rootsweb.com/~paerie

Oops... that name should be John (not James) C. Emerson... sorry 'bout that! Linda Emerson wrote: > I think there is someone on this list who is looking for information on > James C. Emerson from Erie County. If so, please contact me directly. > I have just been given a windfall of information about him, his > siblings, and his parents! > > Linda Emerson > Twain Harte, CA

I think there is someone on this list who is looking for information on James C. Emerson from Erie County. If so, please contact me directly. I have just been given a windfall of information about him, his siblings, and his parents! Linda Emerson Twain Harte, CA

Hi Listers and Ian Brown...I have checked my copy of Robert MacDonald and David Frew's "Home Port Erie" for references to the war effort participation of our four best known local ship yards (Loomis, Paasch, Lund, and Nolan) and have found none. However, as the Great Lakes fleet of ore carriers and all of its auxiliary vessels were a vital part of the nations war machine, an assignment at virtually any Great Lakes yard would have some war effort ramifications. I'm including a link to what is called"The Mother of All Maritime Links" to help in your search. Good luck! Joe http://www.boat-links.com/boatlink.html

Hi Bill, That unidentified Ron Smith photo is of the old Erie City Hall (1884-1963). The tower was 156' high. My info source again is a publication of the Erie County Historical Society, "Lost Erie" by John Claridge. About $20 when I bought it 3 yrs ago. Joe Schmitt William Klauk wrote: > Thanks to Ron Smith, we now have some great added scanned post cards > (actually I think Ron digitally photographed them) at > http://www.zing.com/album/pictures.html?id=4293143207 . Included are 'old > time' pictures of the high schools. One is not labeled and I think it might > be the original Cathedral Prep, please provide information if you are sure, > or if I have a wrong caption. I have also extracted (blown up) the portion > of the GCMurphy picture showing 926 State and added the comments previously > submitted by Joe Schmitt. There are several other pictures submitted by Ron > that I haven't got to yet, along with some people pics that I have to work > on next. > > The rest of ths weekend will probably be spent on a second pass through a > 'genealogy treasure box' that I found at my parent's house on Thursday. My > late German grandmother who died in 1988 two months short of her 100th > birthday had saved almost every greeting card ever sent to her by family > members and a lot of family letters and notes, including some old ones from > Germany. This is my father's side of the family for which I have been > severely lacking genealogical information. This box was literally buried in > what has become the junk room at my parents house, that is boxes of stuff go > in, but never seem to come back out! As this is a needed downstairs bedroom > if my parents should get to the point of not being able to climb stairs, I > am helping my Mom clean it, and able to find 'treasure' at the same time. > > Bill Klauk > Co-coordinator Erie Co (PA) Genealogy > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > > ============================== > Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/

Does anyone know if there is a site that can "translate" the location parameters given on a Homestead Record? Thanks... Linda

Thanks to Ron Smith, we now have some great added scanned post cards (actually I think Ron digitally photographed them) at http://www.zing.com/album/pictures.html?id=4293143207 . Included are 'old time' pictures of the high schools. One is not labeled and I think it might be the original Cathedral Prep, please provide information if you are sure, or if I have a wrong caption. I have also extracted (blown up) the portion of the GCMurphy picture showing 926 State and added the comments previously submitted by Joe Schmitt. There are several other pictures submitted by Ron that I haven't got to yet, along with some people pics that I have to work on next. The rest of ths weekend will probably be spent on a second pass through a 'genealogy treasure box' that I found at my parent's house on Thursday. My late German grandmother who died in 1988 two months short of her 100th birthday had saved almost every greeting card ever sent to her by family members and a lot of family letters and notes, including some old ones from Germany. This is my father's side of the family for which I have been severely lacking genealogical information. This box was literally buried in what has become the junk room at my parents house, that is boxes of stuff go in, but never seem to come back out! As this is a needed downstairs bedroom if my parents should get to the point of not being able to climb stairs, I am helping my Mom clean it, and able to find 'treasure' at the same time. Bill Klauk Co-coordinator Erie Co (PA) Genealogy

To List, Can anyone help Ian Brown with the below query? Please reply to him, or back to the list as I am only forwarding the query. Bill Klauk ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 1:16 PM Subject: WWI Shipyards I am looking for any information on federal shipyards in Erie, PA in operation during WWI. My grandfather was a Swedish immagrant and carpenter who was sent to help in one of these shipyards in lieu of deportation. It didn't seem as though your military index would help with this information, and I understand that this may not be the proper venue for this query, but any response at all would be greatly appreciated. I also wanted to add that this website seems quite further developed than our Onondaga County New York GenWebsite. Keep up the good work! Thanks again. Ian Brown Syracuse, New York

This is a real long shot. I have recently learned that the parentage of my gr-grandfather is questionable. According to family information, his name is Ethelbert Livingston Emerson but I am unable to verify his natural parents since a birth certificate does not exist. All I know is that he was allegedly born in November of 1861 in Erie County, PA, a land patent was issued to him in the State of Wisconsin in 1900 under the name Ethelbert Emerson, and he died in Charles City, IA. I am questioning the legitimacy of his birth to Josiah & Harriet Emerson, since the obituary for Josiah does not include him in the list of children. In addition, he does not appear in a family portrait taken well after the time of his birth. I am thinking that perhaps his middle name of Livingston may be a clue to his actual parentage. Can anyone make any suggestions on how to pursue this? Linda Emerson Twain Harte, CA

Here's a multimedia site for the Library of Congress that might give you some leads to the information you are seeking: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html Click on Search Enter the word shipyard in the Search field You'll end up with about 326 hits and will enjoy looking through just about everyone! Good luck... Linda Emerson Twain Harte, CA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 1:16 PM > Subject: WWI Shipyards > > I am looking for any information on federal shipyards in Erie, PA in > operation during WWI. My grandfather was a Swedish immagrant and carpenter > who was sent to help in one of these shipyards in lieu of deportation. > It didn't seem as though your military index would help with this > information, and I understand that this may not be the proper venue for this > query, but any response at all would be greatly appreciated. > I also wanted to add that this website seems quite further developed than > our Onondaga County New York GenWebsite. Keep up the good work! Thanks again. > > Ian Brown > Syracuse, New York

Hi Erie Friends! Am wondering if any of you who live in the Erie area, know the Harold Folts family. They may live in Fairview. From my Grandma Way's Scrapbook, I have a very old photo of that family as well as a birthday part announcement. I would like to turn these items over to their family. Any help will be appreciated! Barb

Hi Folks! I may have sent out a virus in my recent emails to you. I had it and did not know it. It is the WScript.kak worm. You can find the fix for it at this address: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html It only takes a couple of minutes to down load the fix and run it....I highly recommend that you take the time to do it. My virus protection did not catch it...It is not an attachment like most of them...it hides in the signature file, the website addresses that usually follow my name. There is also a file on Microsoft that will upgrade your Windows program so that these types of worms will not infect your computer in the future. You can get to it at the above address. Anyway, I am sorry for the inconvenience! Mike Wennin

Hi Bill, Ron's picture postcard view of the Murphys five and dime also shows two doors to the left the very beautiful but long gone Pulakos bldg. at 926 State St. Our Wingerter posters may be interested to know that the 1891 Erie City Directory shows the 3rd floor of this building as home to the Wingerter Bros. cigar manufactory. John Claridge's "Lost Erie" dates the structure to 1870 and the decorative facade to 1916. It was knocked down in 1964. Joe William Klauk wrote: > Hello List, > First, let me say that it is an honor to have been asked to be the > Co-Coordinator for Erie County (PA) Genealogy and co-host for the web site. > As Mike indicated, I have been making changes to the site on his behalf for > about three weeks now. As additional material is obtained, I will try to > fill it in on the appropriate pages where possible. In the case of photos > and/or scanned images, I have decided to place them in one or more Zing > albums until I have gathered enough for a particular page theme. One such > album has just been created with a link on the Old Time Photo page. This > album is at http://www.zing.com/album/pictures.html?id=4293143207 and > consists of scans of 6 postcards sent in by Ron Smith, one sent in by Joe > Schmitt, and one of East High School in 1930 that I scanned in. I also have > some pictures from 3 other people that I am trying to work into a particular > page. If you have not done so recently, please visit the site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paerie/ and look around. Mike and I both welcome > your comments, and especially your material, concerning the site. > > Bill Klauk > Co-Coordinator, Erie County, PA, USGenWeb/PAGenWeb Project > > ==== PAERIE Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the PA-Erie Mailing List > > ============================== > Get Free Access to over 900 million names from Dec 7 until Dec 21!http://www.ancestry.com/home/celebrate/freeaccess.htm?sourcecode=736

Looking for descendants of Peter Jacob Barron, (and cousins of his who also came from Germany) Peter Jacob Baron was born in Hayna Bavaria Germany May 7, 1797, d McKean Twp., Erie Co. PA Feb 6, 1868 He was the son of Anthony Baron and Margareth Wingerter He Married twice 1M Maria Teresa Winstel on Nov 23 1818 Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany 2M Mary Julia Stritzinger on Nov 18, 1823 Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany I descend for the second marriage Families that descend for these BARON / BARRON families include the following from the Erie PA area BARRON, BARON, BAUMANN, BIHLER, BOWMAN, BRONNENHANT, FRANZ, GOSSMAN, HEINTZ, KELLER, MASSING, MCLAUGHLIN, NEUBAR, RUBNER, SANNER, SCHAEFER, THOMAS, WASHBURN, WETTERAUER, WHITEMAN, Other familes too. Descendants of Anthony Baron 1 Anthony Baron b: April 01, 1761 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .. +Margarethe Wingerter b: April 15, 1765 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: February 03, 1789 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany Father: Johann Wingerter Mother: Elizabeth Metz ......... 2 Catharina Antonia Baron b: January 10, 1790 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......... 2 Catharina Barbara Baron b: June 22, 1791 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............. +George Jacob Metz b: abt. 1788 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern m: November 20, 1815 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: December 19, 1870 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY Father: Matthias Metz Mother: Maria Elizabeth Hirsch .................... 3 Jacob Metz b: October 04, 1816 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: December 22, 1880 in Buffalo, New York ........................ +Anna Maria Wittman b: December 02, 1814 in Rohrbach, Bavaria, Germany m: July 18, 1836 in St. Louis Church, Buffalo, New York d: December 28, 1884 in Buffalo, Erie County, NY Father: Nikolaus Wittman Mother: Catharine Knecht .................... 3 Maria Anna Metz b: September 17, 1819 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .................... 3 Elizabeth Metz b: March 04, 1821 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: October 05, 1870 ........................ +Adam Feth m: September 07, 1847 in Buffalo, New York .................... 3 Maria Anna Metz .................... 3 Joseph Metz b: in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: abt. 1910 ........................ +Julia Friederich m: February 15, 1859 in St. Mary's Redemptorist Church, Buffalo, New York Father: Karl Friederich Mother: Agnes Stumpf .................... 3 Appolonia Metz .................... 3 Valentin Metz b: abt. 1837 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: June 22, 1897 ........................ +Josepha Hofner b: abt. 1841 in Schleichach, Bavaria, Germany m: June 09, 1863 in St. Mary's Redemptorist Church, Buffalo, New York d: March 18, 1915 Father: George Hofner Mother: Margaretha Bupp ......... 2 Catharina Barron b: March 15, 1796 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......... 2 Peter Jacob Barron b: May 07, 1797 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: February 06, 1868 in McKean Twp., Erie Co. PA ............. +Maria Teresa Winstel b: October 16, 1802 in Germany m: November 23, 1818 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: June 17, 1823 in Germany Father: Andreas Winstel Mother: Margaretha Johner .................... 3 Appolonia Barron b: June 17, 1823 in Hayna Bavaria Germany .................... 3 Appolonia Barron b: October 05, 1819 in Hayna Bavaria Germany d: Bef. 1823 .................... 3 Valentine Barron b: May 06, 1821 in Hayna Bavaria Germany d: August 23, 1897 in McKean Twp., Erie Co. PA ........................ +Margaret Hepburn b: Bef. January 12, 1810 in Scone, Pethshire, Scotland m: October 12, 1841 in Erie PA d: August 10, 1881 in McKean Twp., Erie Co. PA Father: Andrew Hepburn Mother: Jane Milne .................... *2nd Wife of Valentine Barron: ........................ +Mrs. Openkinch m: 1885 ......... *2nd Wife of Peter Jacob Barron: ............. +Mary Julia Stritzinger b: April 11, 1802 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany m: November 18, 1823 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: April 01, 1888 in McKean Twp., Erie Co. PA Father: George Jacob Stritzinger Mother: Maria Barbara Brauencker .................... 3 Maria Anna Barron b: December 29, 1824 in Germany d: abt. 1828 in Germany .................... 3 Maria Elizabethe Barron b: February 04, 1827 in Hayna Bavaria Germany d: February 17, 1917 in Erie County, PA ........................ +Francis Peter Keller b: May 1825 in Alsace France d: November 22, 1902 in Erie County, PA Father: Anton Marks Keller Mother: Barbara .................... 3 John Jacob Baron b: August 14, 1829 in Hayna Bavaria Germany d: January 06, 1912 in McKean Twp., Erie Co. PA ........................ +Justine Kellar b: May 06, 1830 in Alsace m: April 22, 1852 d: November 11, 1889 Father: Anthony Kellar .................... 3 Francis Barron b: July 20, 1832 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: Bef. 1835 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany .................... 3 Francis Jacob Frank Barron b: January 25, 1835 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: April 09, 1928 ........................ +Caroline Bowman b: 1833 in McKean Twp., Erie Co. PA d: April 09, 1928 Father: Martin Buman Mother: Catherine Bernart .................... 3 Anthony Barron b: abt. 1838 in McKean Twp., Erie Co. PA d: 1911 in Erie County, PA ........................ +Mary Ann Lutz b: 1841 in Pennsylvania d: Aft. 1910 .................... 3 Frances Barron b: abt. 1839 in PA d: March 04, 1923 in Erie PA ........................ +Hiram Bowman b: 1828 in Rust, Baden, Germany Father: Martin Buman Mother: Catherine Bernart .................... 3 Mary Ann Barron b: 1843 in McKean Twp., Erie Co. PA d: 1915 ........................ +Jacob Sanner b: 1841 d: 1914 ......... 2 Maria Elisabeth Barron b: January 17, 1800 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......... 2 Francisca Appolonia Baron b: March 09, 1803 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany d: in McKean Twp. Erie PA ............. +John Heintz b: abt. 1798 in Germany d: in McKean Twp. Erie PA .................... 3 Joseph Heintz b: 1840 d: 1887 in Erie PA ........................ +Mary Anna Heiter b: 1843 d: 1907 in Erie PA .................... 3 Martin Heintz b: 1846 *2nd Wife of Anthony Baron: .. +Maria Elisabetha Rang b: November 17, 1781 in Hayna, Phalz, Bayern, Germany m: June 24, 1805 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany Father: George Anthony Rang Mother: Eva Schultz ......... 2 Johann Francis Baron b: August 17, 1808 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......... 2 Francis Jacob Baron b: October 03, 1810 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ............. +Margarethae Weigel m: July 09, 1832 in Katholisch, Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern .................... 3 Franciscus Baron b: March 11, 1836 .................... 3 Franciscus Baron b: March 16, 1846 ......... 2 Georg Martin Baron b: October 12, 1812 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany ......... 2 Francis Anthony Baron b: September 06, 1818 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany *3rd Wife of Anthony Baron: .. +Eva Catharina Gutheu m: September 25, 1821 in Hayna, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany

Looking for any sources that might help resolve a dilemna that crosses state lines and three counties. My great great grandfather was William Bush, who married Margaret Greeley the younger sister of the famous editor Horace Greeley. On the 1850 census for Spring Creek, Warren county, PA he is listed as William O. Bush age 32, born VT. This gives him a birth year of 1817/18. Their marriage is mentioned in the Fredonia NY newspaper clipping as marriage of "Oscar" Bush to Margaret Greeley. This is definitely my guy, because their youngest child is definitely my great grandfather Arthur, who was 1 month old on the 1850 census. Problem. Family is not on Warren county 1860 census, but NY 1855, US 1860, NY 1865 and later censuses show his wife and children living in Clymer, Chautauqua county, NY. Where is William? Assumption: death or divorce prior to 1855. Next clue: The Beers History of Erie county, in the article on the Greeley family, ends with "Marguerite united herself to a writing master named Bush, from whom she parted." That's all, but it suggests divorce might be my answer to William's whereabouts after 1850. Next clue: Quite by accident I find a William Bush on the 1860 census for Elk Creek twp, Erie county, PA. This William is also born VT, age 42 also giving a birth year of 1817/18. Aha! think I. There he is, living with his parents (maybe), a new young wife half his age, and starting a new young family with son Darius age 2 months. This looks promising, and in the Erie Public Library I find a January 15, 1899 burial listing for him in the Hope Cemetery in Wellsburg (which as we know from earlier posts is in Elk Creek twp.). So my wife and I drive up from Florida to investigate in person and what do we find? The burial record actually shows William "R." Bush, not William "O." His headstone in the cemetery also shows William R. Bush. Age is correct, place of birth is correct. I haven't found any other William Bushes from Vermont of that age anywhere. So how do I prove whether this is my gggfather or not? Is it likely that the informant for the burial got his middle initial wrong? Is there a marriage or divorce record that might give me a clue? Where would I find an obituary from Wellsburg area for January 15, 1899? Anyone have any ideas?? Dan Parry in Jacksonville, Florida [email protected]